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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
Observation-Disclosures,
PORT OF RIcHNQkp, - ,sgAsrIi7.l,s

HkI'N- al li9it H. yant'
Steamship Old DOnipi6p, hrphh. Sey. fe<sr
merchandise and passepsenS ~, w Aiui7n
steamer Pioneer, Hines, PHils.islpbir. lpes-
ehandise and passengers, \ w sccearies'o
steamer Old Point Comforts, lAlmy. caps.
Charles City, merchandise and pereqger< y.
L. Baker, agent
Barkeniine Hattie H., Kemp,, Nova scsiis,
plaster. ~
Steamer Ariel. Deyo, Norfolk, United States
mail, merchandise aud passengers. l. *. Ia
Bsrkeniine Huntress, Gum, Bahia, -four.
schooner wandrea, wars.ers. santos, hour.
| schooner Maggie Cain, Moves, Csrdenss,
Cuba, coal, Chesapeake and ohio railway; ven
Schooner Georgia Berry, CHM, Nev York.
| pig-iron, J. \. Gordon, agent; vessel. Gurus q
| Parker.
schooner A. & Z. Hooper, wilIetts. ciaro-
mont 10 load pine wood for New York; vessel.
| Curtis & Parker.
schooner Mary T. Graham. Powell, CITY
Point, to load pine wood foe New YORK.
| Schooner David Clarkson, ireland, Turksy
island, 70 load pine wood for New York.
/ Schooner Wave Greet, Hewitt, Chisk shominy,
| to load railroad-ties forsNeu York
| schooner Jennie \. simmons, Williams,
Chickahominy, 10 load raiiroad-ries for Neg
schooner Mamie Saunders, Hall, Petersburg
and City Point, 70 load pine wood Tor kev
York; vessel, Curtis q Parker.
Schooner John shay. Ttiton. City Point =,
lead pine wood for New YORK; vessel, Curtis .
| Parker.
CLEARED IRON WEST POINT.
ship Alice N. Minotte, 49,, Liverpool. WIN
! a735 bales Of cotton.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. JAS. II, isx.
(By telegraph
1 ....xss. kaxx.
s,eamship KanAwhs. Pearce. New YORK. Tor
coal land called i5thA
steamship Alyah, Young, New orieans, fos
coal and sailed Ilth for iiambufgl
Steamship Biackwatch, Love. New orseAn>
fcoaled and sailed i'm for Huir
steamship Roanoke. Couch West Point land
fa{ied nth for Ne~ for-k
Steamship Richmond, Boas, Neg York tani
sailed fssh Tor West Point
sRRIyxp IRA.
Steamship Johns Hopkins, Foster, Provi-
dence aud sailed Cor West Point.
sleamship Amethyst, stewart New fork
lecaisd and called for bueneldk
Steamship Saez, Anderson. New 0xtsaos
icoaird ana sailed Tor Havre}.
St<anlshtp Duke Of boekiashsu, HQyn<l3>
oueenstcwn re Noffolk, - loa1 cQtfc1k -
Steamship AsueA, h.sksabaEs. fsi'adelPAsa
: s xss Z IL Ssllas v. crsls. psers. qesn1
$; ~ - IS, Ssss: = ( M
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s., ,Raiirosd Rousd,IGssse, Burnsd.r

',nf lBy telegraph. ~ tls ptsgatah'i.gr,grs'
Men. Jsnuaryhl +-ThA
round house Of, theriHeals .apll Torch,
Lake railroad, owned ;hystae GsIamd
and Hecla Mining Company, was
burned last evening. Five looonlo boss
were burned, The Loss isestimased mt
$50. GEO 10 S75, 600. dtiDUuvgntf' Il
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
rIREp ANp DEsPoNpENT.

sFor some time my Liver hal been out of
order. and | felt generally good for nothing. ]
vas Induced 70 IVY simmons Liver heguiasor'
AIRED a brisk and vigorous feeling. IA u an
,,xcelient remedy.n-J. X. HiLAsp, Monroe.
IcvA ~ =. s.xs 4.
red oa trvnt Of wrapper. Guafnntee q ;nq
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
ID E R S oNA L

"Haye tested It's virtues, personally, and
know that for Dyspepsia, BIliousness, and
Thrubbing Headache, Il Is the best medicine
the world ever saw Have tried forty other
remedies before simmons Liver Regulator and
none OF them gave more than temporary relief,
butthe Regulator not only relieved but cured n
Tsl,cyaph. Macon, Ga.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
, onIsRipboard!!i

lBy telegraph rs Tire Dspamit -
- CHAtLEsros, - eii,H Jaiiiihry Is. IA
fire broke out ai;6tt 1880 6'clack this
morning on boaftf the steamer Bessars
BIZ, which is loading with cotton for
Se6ast6pool. THE Ship has sboht 1890
bales' Of cotton aboard all or which
will be damaged. The loss is COW
cred by insurance. in London The
ship win not be seriously dathaged. ~
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The Lost Life.savers.

WASHINGTON, January I'm the
House to-day Representative hbbey,
81 VIRGINIA. introduced bill granting
a pension to the dependent relatives OF
The members OF the hfe-saying service
who lost their lives in the attempt to
cave the crew OF the German ship
Elizabeth, lost on the Virginia beach
.Eanuary 6th.
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snau.sfarms ln scoIIana.

ny Anglo American cable 20 the Dispatch
LoYpoN, january l7.--Heayy snow
storms prevail over the western portion
~ scotland. In some places the storms
ore 40 violent that outdoor labor mas haa
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aI1raRppnRrRn In sErRHrAKY. b

WHEAT.-Mixed, 1000 bushels very good on
private terms; 70 bushels common ai73c. Rcd.
1000 bushels very good LOngberry,on prigate
terms: 20 bushels very good Lohgberfy st %, :
ss bushels good Longberry at $50. !, 100 bushels
good LonRberry at DC; 50 bu7hels fair ahqrtT
berry al Sc. +i.f ff-- - t'- -
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FLOUR.

We quote: Fine. g. 5OaS275; supernne, s2,75a
s325; extra, 81 25as3 % family, tfasi %; patent
family. country, tL75at5S5.
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GRAIN AND corfes EXCHANGE. g

r ,oFFEmNsa m "lI.-"
wHgAr.-2,0i8 buabelslI = ~ i5"I4nW . p
CORN 900 bushels. .,,., ,,.,,
RYE.-a0 bushels .
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Resignation of DR.. Beaie His sne-
ee&Aar.

DIR. James Beale, who has filed the
position Of physician TO the jail for seye.
raj years, In consequence OF physical
infrinity has rendered his resignation
10 the judgaof the Hastings Court, 70
take effect February Isl. nr. Beaie IA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18

COTTON REPORT, f..-.
Market dull No receipts. 49,. b.
QUOTATIONS. r,.
GOOD MIDDLISG.-91.c.
MIpDLIN0. -93sc. ~.
Low NIDDLING.-S9 -i6c.
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RAD RRATH.

Nothing Is 30 unpleasant, nothing 20 common
az Pad Breath, and In nearly every case it
comes from the stomach, and can DO 80 easily
corrected II you viii take simmons Liver kogu-
Iator. Do not neglect 30 sure remedy for this
TenuIsiye disorder. II win also improve your
arpellte, complexion, and general health
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
na ass ssns =.

RosroS. january l7.--The Demo-
cratic legislative caucus has nominated
Patrick A. Collins for senator.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18

The coast Of this State, near Smith
vile, and all along Brunswick county as
far as the South Carolina line, Is COW
cred with dead fish. They extend over
forty miles and are all menhadden, or
fatbacks,' as they are called on this
coast. They are called North moss.
bunkers. on nenhadden. They are used
only for fcrtilizing purposes and oil
Often they are used in 0 natural state
Tor manure. The farmers are hensing
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Some of the people in the wost say
that while the west hopes the eastern
counties will continue to have the bene-
fits Of county government, it yet hopes
that that system Will be abolished 50
far as the western counties are con-
CeIued
There is expressed in the Assembly
quite dislike to inferior courts, and it
is urged that they are costly and I'M
satisfactory. The desire 10 extend the
jurisdiction Of magistrates grows, in
great part, out of this. BY the way,
the bill 10 give magistrates jurisdiction
over larceny cases, where the amount
involved does not exceed s., did not
pass the House Saturday, but after q
long argument was recomnitted. IL
certainly will pass, however, and the
amount NAV IN. raised 10 BIO
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18

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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02

One of the pleas advanced in the late
local campaign by the men heretofore
identified with the Democratic party who
proposed to support Mr.. Wilmer Tor the
States Attorneyship, was regarding the
action of the Republican party in Balti-
more and New York cities. in endorsing
two self styled "independent" Democratic
candidates for the Office of prosecuting
attorney. 1t was apparent to every one
that the cases were by no means parallel.
as Mr.. Wilmer did not profess to be an
independent candidate but came out
squarely as the.noninee of the local re-
publican party. Still it is interesting to
note that both of the gentlemen referred
to as examples of justification came to
serious grief Cans in Baltimore and
Nicoll in New York were both badly left.
Democrats, though admiring the talents
and personal qualities of both Cans and
Nicoll, felt compelled to rebuke their
treachery to their party; and, though they
were both avowed Democrats and certain
ly free from any alliance with the Repub-
lican party, they received very few Demo-
cratic votes. On the other hand many in
telligent and honorable Republicans open
ly revolted against men who, while they
were coquetting for their support, were
unwilling to identify themselves with their
party. The result is that both Cans and
Nicoll are now sadder but wiser men.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02

The Court of Claims on Monday dspos-
ed of number of French spoliation claims
and its conclusions will be reportedto Con-
gress. The latter body will he called up
on to make the necessary appropriations
to pay these claims, and it is to be hoped
that some final action will be reached
As the Maryland claims aggregate some
$4,000, 900, and as the State Legislature, AS
long ago as 1886, passed a reso uion re-
questing the Maryland Senators and Re-
representatives. in Congress to use their ef-
forts to promote "the granting OF prompt
and full naturalization to the claimants" !"
the Mary and delegation will have an op-
portunity during the coming session of
Congress to render substantial service,
indorsod by long standing precedent, to
the three or four thousand spoliation
claimants is Maryland, many of whom
are residents in our county, in urging the
proper provision for the payment of the
claims as fast as they are adjudicated.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02

Among the most violent and vindictive
of thoee who went into spasms over the
proposition to return the Confederate bat
tie flags was "Gen." Trttle, of Iowa. This
gentleman, as will be remembered, person
ally denounced the President. and assum-
ing to speak for the wounded and Grip
pied Union soldiers, almost exploded with
indignation at the idea of sending back
the flags which they had captured. There
is no record of any capture of the kind by
him, and recently allegations have been
made which, if sustained, may invalidate
his title to pension of $50 per MONTH
It has been represented at the pension
bureau that the hernia alleged to have
been contracted in consequence of injuries
at the battle of Fort Donelson, and upon
which his pension was allowed, is not her.
MIA at all, but malformation he has had
all his life. The medical branch of the
pension office will investigate the matter,
and if the facts should prove as reported,
Mr.. Tuttle will not only lose bis pension,
but may be subject to some disagreeable
consequences.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02
The Coming Legislature.

Not for many years, perhaps not since
the eventful days of the Civil War, has the
Legislature of Maryland been called upon
to consider so many grave and unavoida-
ble issues as are in sight for the coming
session
To begin with. the new Legislature
must take action in regard to a revision of
the election laws. The Democratic party
has pledged itself througA its leaders that
these laws shall be remodeled in manner
to assure fair elections in Baltimore City
and throughout the state. Nothing is
clearer than the resolve of The people OF
Maryland TO have fair elections at any
cost, and there is enough OF the spirit of
good citizenship among the members OF
all political parties to insure common &C
tion looking TO this end.
Then something will have to be done
about the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 1t
is known tina, 10y February, at the latest
certain cl:ims will be made which it is
impossible to meet, and which cannot be
stave off The canal is liable to be sold
under foreclosure in a manner to render it
a total loss to the people OF Mary land
who have not only put millions into it,
but are relying on 1t as the sole obstacle
to the grasping avarice of railroad corpor-
aions. Again, the canal is wanted toy a
synGncate of Amsterdam capitalists, whose
idea is to establish direct service be
tween Cumberland and Point Lookout,
the latter to be coaliur station for steam
ers plying to and from the port of Balti-
more. In time the bed of the canal Is
pretty sure to be converted into a road
bed, but the interess of the people Of
Maryland are, for the present at least, best
served by its being maintained as com
petitive waterway. Undoubtedly pres
sure VIII be put on the Legislature TO bring
about either a sale Of the canal or a state
subsidy, and in either case it will be ad-
visable 70 go very slowly.
The labor question is another matter
which will assuredly be forced on the at
tention of the Legislature. The Saturday
half holiday is regarded with very differ
ent views 10y employers and employees
alike, but there is enough pressure TO
assure 'uS vi lIc
Labor leaders have quite a batch of c aims
aud grievances which hey would like the
Leg spture to consider, and which can
not le ignored by any newely-rlected-
member who has any ide. of being return
ed two years hence.
The taxation OF mortgages is q subject
that will present itself tor the considera-
ton of the Legislature. There are many
other subjects OF public interest that will
come up for discussion, and the new body
will have an abundance Of impor ant
questions to engross its attention. = Bal
tim0re HerHh
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02

Within the last few weeks, says the
Washington correspondent of the Bati-
more Sun, inquiries have been made in
certain quarters by persons holding high
official positions in England and Holland
as to the probabilities of this government
assuming the Confederate debt 1t will
be remembered that last winter a New
York lawyer submitted an argument be-
fore one of the House committees IN favor
of this debt. The fact was not considered
of the least conseq equence, and it wns under
stood the lawyer had received handsome
fee from some gullible foreign bolders OF
Confederate securities. Amy serious pro-
position to pay the Confederate debt can
not be conceived Of here, because in the
entirely improbable event of public sent-
ment in any section of the country favor
ing such an idea. the direct and positive
prohibition in the fourteenth amendment
to the constitution sands In the way. But
information Of undoubted reliability is at
hand to show that lobby of INSCRIPTIONS
individuals has been organized, not with
any sincere purpose to attempt to procure
the payment of the debt or any portion Of
it, but really to delude the foreign ho'd-
ers into the belief OF its feasibility 1t has
been generally supposed hat the bulk OF
the Confederate bonds were held In Eng
land, but this is not the case. The major
portion is in the hands Of investors in the
rich Dutch cities, and it is representatives
of these interests who have beeH quietly
making the inquiries above alluded to-
The scheme as proposed by them was to
submit an offer to take one ha { OF the
amount off their hands, and to help the
cause along they were to contribute a
large fund, part of which was to pay the
lobbyists or counsel aforesaid, and the
other to be put where it would do the
most good among members of Congress-
1t is a very nice scheme-for those who
concocted it, and from what is learned,
the intended victims came near falling
into the trap set for them. But the resul.
of the inquiries which they had the eau
tIon to SIT atoot can leave them no excuse
to being deceived.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02
RecPeancy Elsewhere.

1t seems that the spirit of recreancy in
party discipline displayed in the matter of
splitting" tickets, was not confined to
Charles county in the recent election, but
was INDUCED in to some extent in the
neighboring counties of Southern Mary
land also. In Prince Georges Mr.. A. I.
Brooke, the candidate for county treasurer,
who was defeated by that kind of treach
cry in his own party, has been actively
exerting himself in fixing the responsible
ity upon the men who practiced it. He
has by active investigation traced the mat
ter home to the present Safe Senator from
that county and also apparently implicat-
ed some of the fine gentlemen who are now
enjoying soft places under Collector Rob-
erts in the work. Great indignation ex-
lists among the people of Prince Georges
over Mr. Brooke's defeat and the manner
in which it was accomplished. There is
talk among the Prince Georges Democrats
of calling an indignation meeting and re-
QueStluS tue IesiSudiloH VI WI. SiaSC't t'
and the Maryland Democratic Association
of Washington, composed largely of citi-
zens of Prince Georges, has already adopt
ed a resolution to that effect 1t is under
stood that Collector Roberts has expressed
purpose to promptly dismiss from office
any of his appointees who may be identi-
fed with the "sp,itters.' The Prince
Georges Democrats are disposed to insist
upon the principle of party discipline that
Democrat has as much right to vote the
whole Republican ticket as to vote for any
one or more men on that ticket; and the
Collector it is said is ready to recognize
this view and keep none but true full
breed Democrats on guard. This has
made some of the custom house gentlemen
quite uneasy ard they are hustling around
in lively style trying TO exculpate them
selves from the charge of splitting \
little prompt action in this line will have
a good effect all over Southern Mary and
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02
A Legal Question.

A subscriber living on our Potomac
river front and owning land bordering on
the river called our attention recently to
matter referred to some time ago by the
TINES regarding the taking of sand for
building purposes from the bottom of the
river and the sale of it in Washington by
non resident parties. He says this has
now grown to be a pretty extensive prac-
tice and while these non residents are
making considerable money by the opera
ton, the owners of land along the river
are deprived of what used to be source
of considerable revenue to them in the sale
OF sand for this purpose from the shore
Our friend thinks that if there is now no
law to prohibit these non residents from
thus using the soil from the bottom of our
river, it ought to be within the power OF
the State Legislature to pass law either
prohibiting the practice or levying tax
upon the persons who exercise this privi-
lege by which some revenue could be de-
rived to the State or the counties border
ing on the river.
This would seem to present a rather in
teresting legal question. The public
rights in navigable tide waters, as inter-
preted by the common law, have generally
been understood to be confined to free
navigation and fishing. The absolute
rights of the owner of the soil bordering
on the river are understood to be limited
bv the Glow water mark or the line in
dicated by the ordinary low tide. But
qualified right to the soil covered by the
navigable waters, subject to the public
right of free fishery and navigation must
exist somewhere. This qualified right to
the soil covered by the Potomac, within
the boundary lines of Maryland, must be
vested either in the owner of the Maryland
soil bordering on the river, or in the State
government.
If then the public rights in navlgable
waters Ie limited to fishing and naviga-
tion, the exercise of The privilege of taking
the soil from the bottom of the river for
commercial purposes must be an infringe
ment of right existing either in the ad-
lacent land owners or the State. If the
adjacent owner has qualified right in
the soil under the river it would be an
infringement of his rights for which an
action of trespass would lie against the
party infringing. But if it exist in the
State, then it would seem that the State
government would have the right to i'm
pose such conditions upon the exercise of
it as may seem proper and just. The ques-
tion seems worthy of investigation.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-02
The Next Congress.

On next Monday, Congress assemblies,
The lower House will stand: 16S Demo
Gratis, 153 Republicans and Independents.
The Democrats will have II clear majori-
ty, even if the Independents vote with the
Republicans. In the Senate, the repre-
sentation stands: Republicans 3S, Demo-
Gratis 81. Riddleberger 1. When Riddle
berger votes with the Democrats he makes
q tie. There is only one thing certain
about Riddleberger, and that is that he is
uncertain. There is no doubt that Mr..
Carlisle will be again elected Speaker of
the House, without, Democratic opposition.
There is no doubt, either, that the Demo
cratic majority in the lower House will
again introduce bill for decided tariff
reform. Mr.. Morrison, the leader of the
tariff reform move in the previous House,
will not be in the new Congress, but the
measure will have the strong backing of
Mr.. Carlisle and other able Democrats. Mr.
Cleveland has shown, too, in all his mes
sages and in other ways, that he favors a
liberal tariff reform policy. The bill
which will be introduced by the Demo
Gratis will therefore receive the endorse
ment and powerful backing of the Ad-
ministration. The Randall contingent,
which voted with the Republicans dur
ing the previous session and defeated the
Democratic tariff reform measure in the
House, will be greatly lessened in num-
bers. 1t will probably not be greater than
the tariff reform Republicans, who will
vote with the Democrats. Mr.. Randall
in the last Congress headed a committee
which rendered him influential in many
ways. In the organization of committees
in the new Congress he will be delegated
to a much less influential position. There
is as yet little indication as to what prom
inent measures of legislation will be
introduced beside the tariff reform bill
The Democratic Administration has be-
gun the construction of trustworthy
navy, and it may he expected that the
coming Congress will provide for further
additions to the navy. 1t is also likely
that the Inter State Commerce law may
be amended in particulars in which it
may have been found ambiguous or de-
fective. The session, it is thought, will
not be short one.